About Ascendant Property
Ascendant is a British-managed estate agency operating in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps. The company was launched to provide English-speaking clients with a high quality service in their own language; from the moment you contact us through to the day your sale completes. We offer a broad range of properties for sale across the region, whether you are seeking a mountain or lakeside location, a second home or a main residence.
Our mission
The Ascendant company directors are Paul Wiseman and Sarah Heywood. Both Paul and Sarah have extensive experience selling property in Haute-Savoie and are heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the business.
Whether you are buying or selling a property Ascendant’s aim is to provide you with a professional, efficient and honest service.
A local presence
When buying property overseas it is essential that you can rely on your estate agent to know the property and market as well as being able to liaise with vendors, legal representatives, mortgage advisors and sometimes other estate agents on your behalf. This degree of involvement can only come from agents who are based in the area. The Ascendant team have been living and selling property in Haute-Savoie since 2004 and have developed considerable knowledge of both the region and its property market. During this time we have also established reliable and proven partnerships with bilingual local professionals who can provide mortgages, legal assistance and property management services.
Protecting your interests
Estate agency in France is a highly regulated industry and there is a stringent selection process to ensure that only professionals with the applicable qualifications and experience are able to operate. Agents who meet these high standards are approved by local authorities and are issued a “Carte Professionnelle”, which grants them permission to sell property. Any business based in France or the UK/Ireland offering property for sale and claiming to be a French estate agent should be able to provide you with the details of their Carte Professionnelle. If they are unable to do so then they are not a legal French estate agent. It is likely that they are merely a property “consultant” or a middleman who pass clients on to French estate agents or local representatives for viewings and purchases. Unfortunately dealing with a middleman can result in a deterioration of the quality of service a client receives as well as an increase in costs. Issues with the language barrier during appointments, confusion resulting from inadequate communication between intermediaries, losing a property that you love, or worse buying a property that you shouldn’t, are all pitfalls that we can help you avoid.
Our Carte Professionnelle number, issued by the Préfecture de la Haute-Savoie, is as follows: 1390/74
Ground-breaking market leaders
Our ability and desire to provide our clients with a professional and ethical service is characterised by our decision to join a regulatory industry association of French estate agents. Ascendant is the first British-owned estate agency in the French Alps to become a member of FNAIM ( Fédération Nationale de l'Immobilier).
FNAIM is the largest estate agency association in France and has been protecting the interests of buyers and property professionals since 1946. All members are required to have a Carte Professionnelle, to hold a sufficient professional indemnity insurance policy and provide an adequate financial guarantee. As members of FNAIM our team regularly attends regional meetings and training to ensure that we are fully aware of any developments which may affect your purchase or sale, as well as being able to contribute to and influence local policy.
Whether you are a buyer or a vendor you can be reassured that Ascendant has been fully approved by FNAIM as well as the local French authorities and that FNAIM’s professional code of conduct is adhered to in all our business dealings.
Getting started…
Properties for sale are displayed on our interactive website
which is instantly updated the moment a new instruction
is taken. To view properties currently for sale please visit
the buy property
section of the website. By registering
with us buyers can also receive email updates or text
alerts for new property instructions as soon as they are
available for purchase.
Vendors are able to keep an eye on the number of viewings
made to their property and read the feedback received after
viewings from prospective buyers. If you are a vendor and
you would like to know more about using Ascendant to market
your property, please visit the sell
property section of the website for full details.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
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